MP ComfortZone - All MA Nations - Running - Page 5

sansanjuan · #1 November 14th, 2008, 01:53 AM

C,
So tempting to join but too many irons in the fire right now. I'll enjoy reading the AARs.
-SSJ

PS Just occured to me. Another crazy addicting game the wife and I play teamed together is "Bookworm". Strangely addicting for us at least.

http://www.popcap.com/gamepopup.php?theGame=bookworm

.... with decent Free trial period. -S

slayers_ai · #2 November 14th, 2008, 02:14 AM

Bandar Log please

Valerius · #3 November 14th, 2008, 03:08 AM

slayers_ai it looks like Omnirizon already chose Bandar, though Cleveland hasn't yet had a chance to update the first post (Agartha has also been chosen since the last update).

zzcat · #4 November 14th, 2008, 06:21 AM

Can newbies join the game? I'd like to join with Eriu but I never played a MP before.

Phalent · #5 November 14th, 2008, 06:54 AM

Marignon please

Thank

cleveland · #6 November 14th, 2008, 08:12 AM

I was delighted to wake up to 18 nations!

Per the opening post, the game is now official. In the no-mods, no-frills, aversion-to-change spirit of the game, it shall bear the name "ComfortZone"

Are there any objections to beginning the game this Saturday, 11/15 @ 12 GMT? This is about 24hrs from now...I'm happy to push it back 1 week if desired.

Regardless, I'll get the map stuff sorted out very shortly, and the game will show up on llamaserver soon, so get your pretenders designed! If you haven't played through llamserver before, here's how: http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=35160

SSJ - Too bad! Maybe next time. We shall all do our best to keep the AARs flowing. Oh and Bookworm is definately addictive, particularly for someone like me, who's weekly futile attempts at the NYT crossword leave him feeling pathetic each Sunday evening...

slayers_ai - Unfortunately Valerius is right, Omnirizon reserved Bandar Log 45min before your post, and nations are first-come, first-served. However, Arcoscephale, Caelum, C'tis, Jotunheim, and Machaka are all currently available, I hope you stick around.

Xeitor - If you're still following this, could you send the Fallacy map? I'll start generating some random maps just in case, though.

vfb · #7 November 14th, 2008, 08:27 AM

Nobody likes lizards? Poor lizards.

I will take the lizards so they don't get any hurt feelings.

C'tis, please

cleveland · #8 November 14th, 2008, 12:03 PM

Alright, the map is complete!

I lucked out with the random map generator, getting a map with 345 provinces (15 per player, with proper proportion as sea) in a "surrounded single ocean" configuration.

Here's what it looks like:

I've made 20 land starts and 3 sea starts (yellow dots), all of which are randomly assigned. Nobody will start on the Southwest landmass, which intentionally can't be reached by sailing. All start locations have at least 6 neighbors, and have at 2 indy provences between the nearest enemy.

The map looked like crap as a wraparound, so I'm trying something interesting to keep the corners from becoming un-dislodgeable safehavens: the 3 corners of the Northeast landmass are interconnected caves (red dots); similarly, the 3 corners of the Southwest landmass are interconnected caves (orange dots).

It's available in Post #1. Please download and check for errors. And please give feedback.

Now to figure out how to upload to llamaserver....

licker · #9 November 14th, 2008, 12:16 PM

It looks to me like the starts in the SE corner are VERY tight.

Actually most starts are pretty tight, but the west has a little more room, and it appears as though that SW corner is only accessible by water provinces? And easily defensible by whatever water nation crawls out of the sea first...

Just some observations, not saying I'm rejecting the map.

Also if you plan on sticking to your 12h quickhost for the weekend I will have to drop out, there's no way I can manage that.

JimMorrison · #10 November 14th, 2008, 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by licker

It looks to me like the starts in the SE corner are VERY tight.

Actually most starts are pretty tight, but the west has a little more room, and it appears as though that SW corner is only accessible by water provinces? And easily defensible by whatever water nation crawls out of the sea first...

Just some observations, not saying I'm rejecting the map.

Also if you plan on sticking to your 12h quickhost for the weekend I will have to drop out, there's no way I can manage that.

You can't get to the comp twice in the first 24h, and have your first couple of turns memorized, and can do them blindfolded underwater? Are you sure you're a Dominions player?